August 9, 2014

During Exchange migration (2007 –> 2013) in one of my customers I was faced into frustrating issue. Although this basic issue isn't new, the resolution of this issue required multiple resolution steps. In addition, during my research I couldn't find a full guide that cover all the required resolution steps, although the Outlook Password Prompt issue was reported by multiplies customers. In this article I will cover the common issues that I was faced into. In addition, I would cover a few resolution options: A. Supported Outlook Version First, its recommended to verify that the Outlook version (and build...

August 1, 2014

"Kali Linux: Assuring Security By Penetration Testing” by Packt Publishing – the book provides a good overview on Kali Penetration Testing suite features (including a basic lab) and a basic review of the common Penetration Testing methodologies. In addition, Packt Publishing has a solid background in authoring security books on Kali suite, like the book “Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux”. Furthermore, the book is easy to read and it’s a book that can be read in a short time. The main limitations that I found in this book are: The book covers information which isn’t update to date...

“The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) helps raise the bar against attackers gaining access to computer systems. EMET anticipates the most common actions and techniques adversaries might use in compromising a computer, and helps protect by diverting, terminating, blocking, and invalidating those actions and techniques. EMET helps protect your computer systems even before new and undiscovered threats are formally addressed by security updates and antimalware software. EMET benefits enterprises and all computer users by helping to protect against security threats and breaches that can disrupt businesses and daily lives. Helps raise the bar against attackers. EMET helps protect against...